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Runaway : stories / Alice Munro.

Munro, Alice. (Author).

Summary:

"In Alice Munro's new collection, we find stories about women of all ages and circumstances, their lives made palpable by the subtlety and empathy of this incomparable writer." The runaway of the title story is a young woman who, though she thinks she wants to, is incapable of leaving her husband. In "Passion," a country girl emerging into the larger world via a job in a resort hotel discovers in a single moment of stunning insight the limits and lies of that mysterious emotion. Three stories are about a woman named Juliet - in the first, she escapes from teaching at a girls' school into a wild and irresistible love match; in the second she returns with her child to the home of her parents, whose life and marriage she finally begins to examine; and in the last, her child, caught, she mistakenly thinks, in the grip of a religious cult, vanishes into an unexplained and profound silence. In the final story, "Powers," a young woman with the ability to read the future sets off a chain of events that involves her husband-to-be and a friend in a lifelong pursuit of what such a gift really means, and who really has it."--Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780143050711 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9780771065064 :
  • ISBN: 0143050710 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 077106506X :
  • Physical Description: 335 page ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Douglas Gibson Book."
Formatted Contents Note:
Runaway -- Chance -- Soon -- Silence -- Passion -- Trespasses -- Tricks -- Powers.
Subject: Women > Fiction.
Genre: Short stories, Canadian.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library MUNR (Text) 33294001389998 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Checked out 2024-04-24
Alert Bay Public Library AF MUN (Text) 35125000018501 Canadian Volume hold Available -
Beaver Valley Public Library F MUN (Text) 0035001 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC MUN (Text) 35146001069822 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Elkford Public Library FC MUN (Text) 35170000272500 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library FIC MUN (Text) 35136000185117 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fraser Lake Public Library AFHC FIC MUN (Text) 35195000087459 Main Floor - Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Galiano Island Community Library FIC MUN (Text) 33127000058919 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Gibsons Public Library FIC MUNR (Text) 30886000244307 Adult Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -
Grand Forks FIC MUN (Text) 35142002194891 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

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